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Jan. 4th, 2014 11:12 pmSo I finally saw The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug today, and apparently I only have a few things to say beyond, "Well, that was a thing that happened," so basically I don't really have anything to say about it. There were things that worked for me and things that didn't work for me, but I have pretty much approached these movies the same way I approach fanworks (which they are, on massive scale, just like Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Narnia movies and most other adaptations) which is: hey, someone who really liked the source material decided to do something with it, I wonder how they interpreted it? Which is in my opinion frankly a healthier way to approach movie adaptations than "if this isn't a slavish reimagining of the book/source material it is a waste of my time and a crime against Literature."
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I have this picture and this picture open on my browser as reference images for Bottom of the River and all I can think of is "Star Wars lady!Obi-Wan Renaissance AU." (Oh, and to round out the trio, here's Natalie.)
(I have no idea what that Hayden pic is actually from, but this is clearly some kind of AU where Palpatine is Pope and actually I'm turning this into an original, so yeah. Eighty percent of my origfic is just me going "Hey, what if I did [thingy] with/instead of [source material]?" WHAT IF RICHARD SHARPE WAS A REALLY GRUMPY CHICK. WHAT IF THORIN'S COMPANY WAS IN MODERN DAY NARNIA AND WERE ALL WOMEN. WHAT IF OBI-WAN KENOBI WAS TRAPPED ON A PRISON SPACESHIP AND ALSO A WOMAN. WHAT IF THERE WAS A FEMALE-DOMINATED WERELION PRIDE INSTEAD OF A MALE-DOMINATED WEREWOLF PACK.)
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I'm more surprised by the Disney moving the Star Wars comics from Dark Horse to Marvel than I probably should be, considering, you know, evil mouse empire and all, but I am super not optimistic about what this means for the current run of Star Wars titles. (Especially given that none of the authors currently writing seem to know whether or not they're going to continue to be employed or not.)
Which reminds me that I need to do some SW comics rec posts soon.
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I have this picture and this picture open on my browser as reference images for Bottom of the River and all I can think of is "Star Wars lady!Obi-Wan Renaissance AU." (Oh, and to round out the trio, here's Natalie.)
(I have no idea what that Hayden pic is actually from, but this is clearly some kind of AU where Palpatine is Pope and actually I'm turning this into an original, so yeah. Eighty percent of my origfic is just me going "Hey, what if I did [thingy] with/instead of [source material]?" WHAT IF RICHARD SHARPE WAS A REALLY GRUMPY CHICK. WHAT IF THORIN'S COMPANY WAS IN MODERN DAY NARNIA AND WERE ALL WOMEN. WHAT IF OBI-WAN KENOBI WAS TRAPPED ON A PRISON SPACESHIP AND ALSO A WOMAN. WHAT IF THERE WAS A FEMALE-DOMINATED WERELION PRIDE INSTEAD OF A MALE-DOMINATED WEREWOLF PACK.)
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I'm more surprised by the Disney moving the Star Wars comics from Dark Horse to Marvel than I probably should be, considering, you know, evil mouse empire and all, but I am super not optimistic about what this means for the current run of Star Wars titles. (Especially given that none of the authors currently writing seem to know whether or not they're going to continue to be employed or not.)
Which reminds me that I need to do some SW comics rec posts soon.